Unhealthy Politics: The Battle Over Evidence-Based Medicine

by Eric M Patashnik, Alan S Gerber, Conor M Dowling

Book Overview

How partisanship, polarization, and medical authority stand in the way of evidence-based medicine

The U.S. medical system is touted as the most advanced in the world, yet many common treatments are not based on sound science. Unhealthy Politics sheds new light on why the government's response to this troubling situation has been so inadequate, and why efforts to improve the evidence base of U.S. medicine continue to cause so...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691203229
• ISBN13: 9780691203225
• Release Date: July 2020
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.1"